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Internship Opportunities? USA - August/September 2010
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Touring exhibitions with participatory web components
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Great survey, I just did it myself. I look forward to your paper!
Cheers,
Megan
The PEM museum in Salem, MA has an exhibit that includes a completely addictive online "paper doll" program.
http://www.pem.org/sites/iris/
It's a little bit hidden on the site but it's also showcased in the exhibit, which made me go home and lo...
Hi Megan
Have a look at the Smithsonian's #si20 twitter feed. There are some pretty important people contributing to that. You will get a good sense of who is around from there. Then you can contact them directly.
Good luck!
My advice is to have a look through some museum blogs and try contacting them through the blog. That's how I got a volunteer position in the curatorial department of a major museum. It also gives you a good insider view as to what they are doing w...
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- I am an historian and curator of all things Australian social history. I specialise in the use of new media for interpretation and am excited to be pursuing this as a career. In 2008 I completed my MA at The University of Melbourne on how Web 2.0 is reshaping Australian public history. I worked for consultancy company SHP from 2005 to 2009 and have recently started as assistant curator at Museum Victoria working on the Royal Exhibition Building Western Forecourt Redevelopment project.
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- At 6:53pm on September 17, 2009,
Walter Lim said…
- Hey Megan,
All the best to your internship search in the US. Like you were before you graduated (congrats!), I am currently a Masters student at University of Melbourne, reading Arts Management. It would be interesting to look at your research areas in Web 2.0 which is a pet topic of mine too. :)
- At 12:30pm on June 2, 2009,
Michaela said… - Hey Megan,
Thanks for the reference for my paper. I ended up using you as a main source on technology and museums. My paper came out great (I think...) and I'm awaiting my final grades. Again, thanks! Your paper was so interesting.
Michaela
- At 10:50am on March 30, 2009,
Fiona Hooton said… - Megan
You might like to try OMEKA and open source collection Mangement system.
Cheers
Fiona
- At 9:54pm on March 18, 2008,
Lynda Kelly said… - Hey Megan, thanks for joining up. Your thesis topic looks fantastic and really relevant. Hope you find this group useful and contriburte :) I think we'll learn heaps from you (and the foto's fine too!)
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